Ira Saxena
Ira Saxena
BEING A BRILLIANT THINKER: MASTERING INTELLIGENT THINKING SKILLS BEING A CREATIVE GENIUS: MASTERING ACTIVITIES THAT INSPIRE CREATIVITY by Gayatri Kalra Sehgal Rupa, 2019, 224 pp., 295
November 2019, volume 43, No 11

This selection for review among current reads for children is primarily due to the contents of the books connecting teachers and parents with children directly. The titles clarify the purpose and meaning of the books under Skills That Build series aimed to guide parents and educators to develop a child’s essential life skills through tackling aspects of mental processes and suggested activities on their road to maturation.

Creativity is the ability to produce original ideas and new items. It is the key to success in life. The spontaneity of actions and reactions in children is a true indication of creativity. The anchor points of creativity is taking off from curiosity that includes attention, observation, problem-solving, risk-taking in its fold. Children seek acceptance and appreciation through their performance and the fear of being wrong causes stress in young creative minds. As conscious facilitators careful monitoring of the child is required in developing creativity. Developing a creative environment, promoting unstructured exploration, fun with intelligence, merging learning with creativity, and the much-needed Eco-centric approach in acquiring life skills enables sustainable creativity.

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